Science Says You Can Judge Someone 90% Accurately By Their Shoes

According to our friends at How About We, you can basically tell everything you need to know about someone by their shoes. They report:

Researchers at the University of Kansas found that people were able to correctly judge 90% of a stranger’s personal characteristics — their age, gender, income, political affiliation, emotions and more — just by looking at the style, cost, color, and condition of their shoes…The study asked 63 students to look at photos of 208 different pairs of shoes that belonged to volunteers, who had filled out personality questionnaires. They predicted personality traits based upon the shoes they saw.

Oh, God. Okay, these are the shoes I wear pretty much every day:

They’re from J Crew (Mona Pump, warm bisque, $218). What do you know about me, now? Clue: I like boring neutrals. Send links to your shoes! Let’s judge one another! We’re going to beat those kids and be 100% accurate!

I think I can guarantee that if you judged me by my shoes you’d be incorrect.
I have a lot of shoes with each and every pair saying something different.

HM

So… I wear black 14 eye Dr. Martens. Which says… um? Personally I think they say I like comfortable shoes that don’t fall apart after 8 weeks, and also don’t enjoy falling over on icey pavements, but then obviously my opinion is irrelevant. Also, sometimes I like to wear them with yellow laces because I can.

http://www.facebook.com/lindsaychartman Lindsay Cross

Here’s the shoe that I wear more often than any other. I also have it in bright red. Judge away!

Both chosen for colors that will hide mysterious stains and both in spite of the fact that my fiance and every male friend I have who is not in my profession tells me they are the ugliest shoes they have ever seen.